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pezus said:

 

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bananaking21 said:

im just one of those people who think the franchise will continue to decline in the west

What a stupid thing to say, it's far from declining, the legs were simply cut short due to the 3ds

Gran turismo 6 won't sell as much as 5, guess that franchise is declining too right?

You're using a prediction to disprove something that is already set in stone. That's something new

Pokemon sales in the West (NA+Europe) in millions:

Red/Green/Blue: 20.16
Gold/Silver: 15.18
Ruby/saphire: 9.96
Diamond/Pearl: 10.65
Black/White: ~8.9? (Europe sales are somehow messed up so I used the 1.5 NA: Europe ratio to estimate Europe sales)
Black/White 2: 3.39

Obviously I do not see X/Y selling less than B/W 2 in the West but I can definitely see it selling less than B/W

Pos	Game	Platform	Year	Genre	Publisher	North America	Europe	Japan	Rest of World	Global
1	Pokémon Red / Green / Blue Version	GB	1996	Role-Playing	Nintendo	11.27	8.89	10.22	1.00	31.37
2	Pokémon Gold / Silver Version	GB	1999	Role-Playing	Nintendo	9.00	6.18	7.20	0.71	23.10
3	Pokémon Diamond / Pearl Version	DS	2006	Role-Playing	Nintendo	6.33	4.32	6.04	1.38	18.08
4	Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire Version	GBA	2002	Role-Playing	Nintendo	6.06	3.90	5.38	0.50	15.85
5	Pokémon Black / White Version	DS	2010	Role-Playing	Nintendo	5.36	0.59	5.64	3.15	14.74
6	Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition	GB	1998	Role-Playing	Nintendo	5.89	5.04	3.12	0.59	14.64
7	Pokémon Heart Gold / Soul Silver Version	DS	2009	Role-Playing	Nintendo	4.22	2.38	3.96	1.02	11.58
8	Pokémon FireRed / LeafGreen Version	GBA	2004	Role-Playing	Nintendo	4.34	2.65	3.15	0.35	10.49
9	Pokémon Platinum Version	DS	2008	Role-Playing	Nintendo	2.69	1.60	2.69	0.57	7.54
10	Pokemon Black / White Version 2	DS	2012	Role-Playing	Nintendo	2.16	1.23	3.02	0.38	6.78

Selling less then black and white? How did you come to that? black and white had the best opening to a pokemon game to date, with it's legs being cut short due to a new handheld

You should be comparing it to diamond and pearl, considering the both came out at the same point

and pokemon black and white 2 actually sold more then platinum

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/01/30/pokemon-blackwhite-2-have-sold-over-7-5-million-worldwide/

NDS | Pokémon Black/White 2 – 7.63 million

Making that table even more wrong